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Equality and diversity is important to us. We aim to achieve the highest professional standards and expect our team to demonstrate courtesy to and respect for colleagues, clients and others at all times. We have policies and procedures designed to ensure that discrimination does not occur.
Our policies relating to equality and diversity are reviewed annually.
We are regulated by The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and, as a regulated practice, we are required to annually collect, report and publish data on the diversity of our workforce annually. We have made our report to the SRA on our 2025 diversity data.
Our team was asked to complete an anonymous diversity questionnaire. Completion of the questionnaire is not mandatory, and some team members chose not to complete the questionnaire. Of those who chose to complete it, some opted for 'Prefer not to say' in answer to some of the questions.
The survey results for the members of staff that answered the questionnaire are set out below:
- Age - 6 were in the age range 16-24, 8 were in the age range 25-34, 12 were in the age range 35-44, 9 were in the age range 45-54, 10 were in the age range 55-64, 1 was aged over 65 and 2 preferred not to say.
- Gender - Of those members of staff that answered the questionnaire 39 were female, 6 were male and some preferred not to say.
- Ethnicity - Of those members of staff that answered the questionnaire, 3 were Indian and the remainder were White - British/English/Welsh/N.Irish/Scottish.
- Socio-economic background (education) and caring responsibilities - Of those members of staff that answered the questionnaire, 41 mainly attended non-selective State School between the ages of 11 and 18, and 8 attended selective State Schools.
- Fourteen staff members were primary carers for a child under eighteen.
- One staff member looks after or gives help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others due to long term physical or mental ill-health/disability or problems related to old age.
- Disability - Of those members of staff that answered the questionnaire, none considered themselves to have a disability according to the definition in the Equality Act 2010.
If you have any queries regarding equality and diversity in relation to Pickerings Solicitors, contact Carolyne Browne, HR Manager on 01827 317054 or cbrowne@pickerings-solicitors.com
UPDATED 26th June 2025
